The Arizona sentinel., 1887-08-27
A FUNNY" PERFORMANCE.

TT ONNI TGnT How the Lathbury Boys Learned to Sew, and at the Same Time Did a Great Deal of Thinking.
 Tom and Will Lathbury were in the kitchen making kites. They had been busy long time whittling out the sticks for the kite frames and putting them together, and had been so quiet and good that Hannah, who was put ting down piece of oil-cloth, had said again and again to herself, Those boys are just splendid to-day" Later in the day she changed her mind. ''Hannah,n said Will, twill you make us some pastep We're all ready now, all but the fnishing.'
 ''Not just yet, boys, l want to finish this"
 "Oh, we'll help you, Hannah"
 'Much help you'll be-" But still Hannah was too good-natured to re- fuse, and soon the boys, with their ham, mers in hand, were down on their knees beside her.
 "There," she said, pushing them the dish of tacks, 'help yourselves, but don't put them too near together. l expect you'll bother me more than you'll help" And they did.
 Tack, tack, tack, went the three hammers; what fun they were all hay ing! But if the fun could only have stopped there!
 Now, whether Will proposed it or Tom never was known. It was one of those funny things boys think ofoccas- ionally; at any rate it was something Hannah never dreamed of, or else she would never have jumped up so sud denly to shut off the stove, for rip, rip went her gingham apron, hem of, band of, and all, for those naughty boys had nailed it to the floor.
 ''You two horrid boysr' said Han nah, that's enough to provoke a saint; you're the very worst boys in the world, and I am going to tell your mother" It was too bad, and the boys felt ''so sorry"
 They had not meant "any thing like that" boys never mean any thing wrong, and how did they know those few tacks would ''hold so?"
 But Hannah lost no time in telling their mother, and pretty soon they heard mamma going to papa's study.
 .'Whewr' said Sam, ''the jokes all spoiled now"
 Perhaps Mrs. Lathbury rapped some what louder than usual, for her hus- band said "come in" so quickly she was in his room and asking his advice almost before she knew it.
 Now MT. Lathbury was very busy writing a sermon, and hardly knew he had said 'come in." so when his wife told him of the boys naughty trick, and asked him what she should do, he an. swered somewhat dreamily, and yet tc the point:
 ''This is indeed a question of vita importance.
 ''Why, yes, certainly it is, Richard, and want your help this time"
 Help, what, what are you talking about, my dear2
 ''Oh, dearT' said Mrs Lathbury, bu added, ''never mind, Richard, 1 set you are very busy, and l will come il again."
 Every well, my dear" and Mir. Lath bury went on, ''in order to arrive at 8 conclusion we must" but Mrs. Lath bury gently closed the door and heard no more.
 "I wish Richard had been less busy but do not feel I ought to disturb hin now, and yet what shall I do?"
 Still Mrs. Lathbury, though she wa worried herself, would not ''worr. Richard" At last she thought o some thing, though she hardly knev whether it would do. Boys" said she, going to the stairs "boys, come here. "It's a coming" said Will.
 "Of course" answered Tom, ''whel , troubles coming it's always boys witt mamma, and Thomas and William with papa.
 "Well, I am ashamed, aren't you TomP"
 "Why, yes! Who wouldn't beP Bu that won't save us now" Boys" said their mother, as the. entered her room, "how much none. have you in your banksP" !. Well that was a queer question nothing like ''the talk" they had ex pected. to say the least live got thirty-five cents in mine, said Will, "and I guess Toms go more."
 , No, I haven't; I took out ten fo , marbles the other day when pap didn't have any change and Tv only thirty-three. "
 ''Al right, that will do" said man ma.
 Well, wasn't she growing queerP" . "Now, boys, want you to take thi money, sixty-eight cents, and go dow to Mir. Woods store and buy me enoug gingham for two aprons; let me set yes, five yards will answer, then there be enough for strings and all. The
 buy two German silver thimble